The 2018-19 Carabao Cup is headed towards the quarter-final stage, with the likes of Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea still in the running.

Giants Liverpool and Manchester United fell at the first hurdle, while Burton Albion are flying the flag for the Championship as the only non-Premier League club left in the competition.

Ahead of the next round of fixtures, Goal has your complete guide, including what teams are participating, as well as draw dates, game schedules and results.

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Carabao Cup 2018-19 format

All 92 clubs competing in the Premier League and the English Football League enter the 2018-19 EFL Cup, with participation distributed across the divisions.

The competition will be played over seven rounds, with single leg ties throughout, except in the semi-finals.

In round one, the draw will be split into northern and southern clubs with 22 Championship clubs and all League One and League Two clubs entering.

In the second round, the two remaining Championship clubs Swansea and Stoke (who finished 18th and 19th last season in the Premier League) as well as the Premier League clubs not involved in either the Champions League or Europa League will enter.

The likes of Arsenal, Burnley, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur entered the third round due to their participation in Europe.

Date

Round

Clubs entering in this round

Clubs advancing from previous round

No of games

August 14

First round (70 clubs)

24 clubs from EFL League Two 24 clubs from EFL League One 22 clubs from EFL Championship

Carabao Cup 2018-19 quarter-final

The draw for the fifth round – or quarter-final – of the Carabao Cup was made on October 31, with Arsenal’s clash against Tottenham the headline fixture.

The matches will be played during the week commencing December 17.

Date

Fixture

TV

Dec 18

Middlesbrough vs Burton Albion

TBC*

Dec 19

Arsenal vs Tottenham

Sky Sports

Dec 19

Chelsea vs Bournemouth

No

TBD

Leicester City/Southampton vs Manchester City

TBC*

*Should Leicester City beat Southampton their quarter-final with Man City will be televised. However, due to a scheduling conflict, should Southampton beat Leicester, Middlesbrough’s game against Burton Albion will be the televised game.

Carabao Cup 2018-19 fourth round

The draw for the fourth round of the Carabao Cup was made on September 29, with West Ham hosting Tottenham at London Stadium and Manchester City playing Fulham at home.

Leicester City’s home game against Southampton was postponed following the tragic death of Foxes chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash.

Games selected for television coverage were Burton Albion vs Nottingham Forest and Chelsea vs Derby County.

Date

Fixture

TV

Oct 30

Bournemouth 2-1 Norwich

No

Oct 30

Burton Albion 3-2 Nottingham Forest

Sky Sports Football

Oct 31

Arsenal 2-1 Blackpool

No

Oct 31

Chelsea 3-2 Derby County

Sky Sports Football

Oct 31

West Ham 1-3 Tottenham

No

Oct 31

Middlesbrough 1-0 Crystal Palace

No

Nov 1

Manchester City 2-0 Fulham

No

Nov 27

Leicester City vs Southampton

No

Carabao Cup 2018-19 third round

The draw for the third round of the Carabao Cup was made on August 30, with holders Manchester City defeating Oxford 2-0.

Manchester United crashed out sensationally after losing to Championship side Derby County on penalties.

Date

Fixture

Sep 25

West Brom 0-3 Crystal Palace

Sep 25

Burton Albion 2-1 Burnley

Sep 25

Wycombe Wanderers 3-4 Norwich City

Sep 25

Oxford United 0-3 Manchester City

Sep 25

Millwall 1-3 Fulham

Sep 25

Bournemouth 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Sep 25

Preston North End 2-2 Middlesbrough (3-4 pens)

Sep 25

Wolves 0-0 Leicester City (1-3 pens)

Sep 25

Blackpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers

Sep 25

Manchester United 2-2 Derby County (7-8 pens)

Sep 26

Nottingham Forest 3-2 Stoke City

Sep 26

Arsenal 3-1 Brentford

Sep 26

Liverpool 1-2 Chelsea

Sep 26

Tottenham 2-2 Watford (4-2 pens)

Sep 26

West Ham 8-0 Macclesfield Town

Oct 2

Everton 1-1 Southampton (3-4 pens)

Carabao Cup 2018-19 second round

50 clubs participated in the second round, with the winners of the first round joined by the two remaining Championship (tier two) clubs – Swansea and Stoke City – along with the 13 Premier League clubs not included in European competition this season.

The Stadium of Light played host to the draw for the second round of the Carabao Cup on August 16, before Sunderland face Sheffield Wednesday.

Date

Fixture

August 28

Leicester 4-0 Fleetwood Town

August 28

Leeds United 0-2 Preston North End

August 28

Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Wolves

August 28

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Blackpool

August 28

Burton Albion 1-0 Aston Villa

August 28

Hull City 0-4 Derby County

August 28

Middlesbrough 2-1 Rochdale

August 28

Blackburn Rovers 4-1 Lincoln City

August 28

West Brom 2-1 Mansfield Town

August 28

Walsall 3-3 Macclesfield Town (1-3 pens)

August 28

Stoke City 2-0 Huddersfield Town

August 28

Brighton 0-1 Southampton

August 28

Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Bristol Rovers

August 28

Wimbledon 1-3 West Ham

August 28

Fulham 2-0 Exeter City

August 28

Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 Forest Green Rovers (4-3 pens)

August 28

Cardiff City 1-3 Norwich City

August 28

Brentford 1-0 Cheltenham Town

August 28

Swansea City 0-1 Crystal Palace

August 28

Newport County 0-3 Oxford United

August 28

Bournemouth 3-0 MK Dons

August 29

Reading 0-2 Watford

August 29

Everton 3-1 Rotherham United

August 29

Millwall 3-2 Plymouth Argyle

August 29

Nottingham Forest 3-1 Newcastle United

Carabao Cup 2018-19 first round

70 clubs participated in the first round, with 24 teams from League Two (tier four), 24 from League One (tier three), and 22 from the Championship (tier two).

The draw for this round was divided between ‘northern’ and ‘southern’ sections, and teams were drawn against a team from the same section.

Date

Fixture

August 14

Blackpool 3-1 Barnsley

August 14

Carlisle United 1-5 Blackburn Rovers

August 14

Crewe Alexandra 1-1 Fleetwood Town (3-4 pens.)

August 14

Grimsby Town 0-2 Rochdale

August 14

Leeds United 2-1 Bolton Wanderers

August 14

Macclesfield Town 1-1 Bradford City (4-1 pens.)

August 14

Mansfield Town 6-1 Accrington Stanley

August 14

Middlesbrough 3-3 Notts County (4-3 pens.)

August 14

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Bury (10-9 pens.)

August 14

Oldham Athletic 0-2 Derby County

August 14

Port Vale 0-4 Lincoln City

August 14

Preston North End 3-1 Morecambe

August 14

Rotherham United 3-1 Wigan Athletic

August 14

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

August 14

Sheffield United 1-1 Hull City (4-5 pens.)

August 14

Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Burton Albion

August 14

Tranmere Rovers 1-3 Walsall

August 14

Bristol City 0-1 Plymouth Argyle

August 14

Bristol Rovers 2-1 Crawley Town

August 14

Cambridge United 1-4 Newport County

August 14

Cheltenham Town 2-2 Colchester United (6-5 pens.)

August 14

Exeter City 1-1 Ipswich Town (4-2 pens)

August 14

Millwall 0-0 Gillingham (3-1 pens.)

August 14

Milton Keynes Dons 3-0 Charlton Athletic

August 14

Norwich City 3-1 Stevenage

August 14

Oxford United 2-0 Coventry City

August 14

Portsmouth 1-2 AFC Wimbledon

August 14

Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Peterborough United

August 14

Reading 2-0 Birmingham City

August 14

Southend United 2-4 Brentford

August 14

Swindon Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers

August 14

West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Luton Town

August 14

Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Northampton Town (7-6 pens.)

August 14

Yeovil Town 0-1 Aston Villa

August 16

Sunderland 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday

Carabao Cup 2018-19 new rules

The English Football League (EFL) clubs voted to implement a number of changes to this year’s Carabao Cup at the annual EFL Summer Conference in Portugal, held in June 2018. Extra-time will be abandoned for all rounds except for the final, with ties advancing straight to penalty shoot-outs in the nature that the scoreline is a draw at the end of regular time.

This was introduced in order to limit issues of “additional fatigue”, as Carabao Cup fixtures typically take place in the middle of the week with Premier League matches occurring at the weekend a few days before and after.

The ABBA penalty system trial was also eliminated, with the format for penalty shoot-outs now reverting to the standard ABAB penalty-taker format.

Seeding has also been removed from the first two rounds, though the first round’s organisation relied on a regional basis.

Video assistant refereeing (VAR) has also been implemented for use at fixtures played at Premier League grounds, such as Stamford Bridge or Old Trafford.

Why is the League Cup called the Carabao Cup?

Up until 2016, the tournament was named the English Football League Cup (EFL Cup) instead of the League Cup, following the rebranding of the Football League to the English Football League.

Officially, the EFL Cup is known as the Carabao Cup due to the energy drink being the tournament’s official sponsors. The name changes depending on which brand sponsors the tournament, which is typically a brand of energy or alcoholic drink.

Prior to Carabao’s sponsorship of the tournament starting from 2017, the competition was called the EFL Cup (2016-17), the Capital One Cup (2012-13 and 2015-16), the Carling Cup (sponsored by Molsoon Coors from 2003-04 and 2011-12), the Worthington Cup (sponsored by Worthington’s from 1998-99 and 2002-03), and the Coca-Cola Cup (from 1992-93 and 1997-98).

Carabao & League Cup past winners

Liverpool are the club to have won the EFL Cup the most times, winning their eighth title in 2012 when they defeated Cardiff City on penalties. They have been runners-up in the competition four times, last coming in second in 2016 when they were defeated by Manchester City in the shootout.

Manchester United’s five titles make them the club to have won the trophy the second-highest times in English football, last winning the tournament in 2017.

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Aston Villa, Chelsea and defending champions Manchester City have all won the EFL Cup five times each, with Pep Guardiola’s side most recently defeating Arsenal 3-0 in the 2018 Carabao Cup final.

Tottenham and Nottingham Forest have both won the competition four times each, with the win in 2008 being the last time the North London side last lifted a piece of silverware.